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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Ivan the terrible sentenced to hang Page 3 d nation still at risk Over schools Bennett says Page 5 d classified and Coupon Page 12 d Light is shed on red Baron s death Page 28 author if d unofficial publication Poh Thi . Amid porch vol. 47, no. 8 tuesday april 26, 1988 Good morning 08693 a 3 men missing As fire forces Crew to abandon diesel sub off Florida Norfolk a. A an explosion and fire struck the submarine Bonefish off Florida forcing the Crew to abandon hip the Navy said. Three of the 92-Mcmbcr Crew were missing monday and 23 were injured. Crews from two frigates and a helicopter searched the Atlantic for the missing men after sunday afternoon s fire looking and listening for any kind of sound or indication of the men said u. Cmdr. Bill Sonnta gof the Norfolk based Atlantic Fleet. We re doing everything we can to find them out there he said. The submarine was afloat alongside the frigate my cloy officials said. No one has been Back on Board to assess the dam age chief Petty officer Terry Borton said monday from Atlantic Fleet Headquarters Here. At this time there is no smoke coming from the  the Bonefish. One of the Navy s last diesel Csc cleric submarines surfaced sunday afternoon 160 Miles cast of Cape canaveral fla., said cmdr. Fred la Cdr a Licet spokesman. The fire was believed caused by an explosion in the30-year-old submarine s Battery compartment Sonn lag said. Because of fire and toxic fumes the com manding officer ordered the vessel evacuated he said. Another Fleet spokesman Dpi. Brent Baker said of the missing we Don t know whether they Are still aboard the submarine or whether they were in the  the injured were transferred to the aircraft Carrier see sub on Back Page near fatal crash a Marine f/a-18a Jet gets its nose too utter Bottom photo ire track Spray High lop photo As it starts climb be foam on the Wick Ifju before rescuers fore stalling and crashing daring u a pulled the seriously  Pilot ram Ottic performance in Al torn Calil the plane. Story on Page 5. Danes nuke Rule poses problem Shultz emphasizes by Mark Walsh staff writer Brussels the recently passed Law in Denmark requiring ships to de Clare if they arc carrying nuclear weapons poses a real problem for the nato Alliance Secretary of slate George Shultz said monday. It constitutes a real problem As i Sec it Shultz said in Brussels following two Days of meetings in the soviet Union. Countries come into an Alliance an they have different capabilities and an Alliance works when people. Make the contributions that they re Able to make. If you like the benefits if you like the peace if you like the fact that Progress i being made in negotiations then you ought to like the responsibilities that go with making that  danish Law bans foreign warship from entering danish purls with nuclear weapons in peacetime but the Rule has been largely ignored. On april a the danish parliament passed a measure forcing visiting ships to declare if they have nuclear weapons. The action led danish prime minister Poul sch Ucler to set National election for May 10. And if the ban is upheld by voters it could mean a change in Den see nuke Rule on Page 28 Gorbachev chided for Sharp reaction Washington up1 president Reagan struck a raw nerve in the Kremlin with criticism last week of the soviet Union the while House said monday and described the Sharp re action from Mikhail Gorbachev As needlessly  White House spokesman Marlin Filz water said Reagan in questioning plan for a soviet withdrawal from Afghani Stan ant challenging Moscow s human rights policies was Only being realistic in his approach to dealing with the soviet  at the same time he expressed regret that Gorbachev chose to respond in such a forceful manner. Gorbachev warned in remarks carried by the soviet news Agency Tass that a confrontational tone from Washington could jeopardize  relations. The very harsh rhetoric used by Tass to describe the president s speech is most unfortunate Fitzwater said. We Trust it does not signal a move away from the steadily improving relations that the so  Union has espoused in its recent it seemed to not fit the situation audit seemed needlessly inflammatory in this  speaking last thursday in Springfield,mass., Reagan turned up the heat on Gorbachev on the issues of regional conflict and human rights in a prelude to the Summit. The next Day. Gorbachev delivered his Sharp response during a meeting with Secretary of stale George Shultz suggesting that the View espoused by Reagan could imperil the atmosphere being developed for next month s Moscow Summit. Fitz Walcer noted with apparent satisfaction that Reagan s remarks obviously struck a raw nerve with the Gen eral  Fitzwater went on to assert that the comments were consist ent with his previous  Reagan he said will continue to see Gorbachev on Back Page  
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